August Day Trip - Point Lookout Maryland

We decided since we live in one of the most historic areas in the world, we might as well get out and see it. This weekend we drove to Point Lookout Maryland, at the very southern tip of Maryland, a damp, swampy area where the Union built a Confederate POW camp. I urge you to Google Point Lookout and learn about a time and place where we did not treat our Confederate brothers very well. This should be a lesson learned for our country.


The descendants of Confederate soldiers did not feel like the Veteran's Administration did them justice (below) so they bought this piece or land (above) to build a memorial and be able to fly the Confederate flag at half staff all the time. Inside the rock structure is a big cauldron, the Bean Pot, which they cooked the daily meal.
Under this monument (above and below) is buried an uncounted and unaccounted number of Confederate soldiers. The plaque lists who is buried there, but a book in a box (full of wasps) includes many names not accounted for on the plaques. It is a quiet and peaceful place, but hardly worthy the many men who rest here.
OK, following that we got just a bit turned around and found this, the first road in Maryland, it was in better condition than most roads in Maryland.
We got a bit turned around again, which I am famous for, and found an Amish Farmers Market. The next couple pictures kind of show the place. We bought pickles, beets, and bread. Really fun and very interesting. It was a great stop along a road I should not have been on to start with. I was not lost, I was just exploring.

Time to start the countdown to the next Long Family Adventure. LongLando '09 is only 108 days away. Don't wait until the last minute, buy that sunscreen now!

Trip to Phoenix

Four random pictures from our trip. The Buckner family standing in the rain waiting for us to catch up. We walked down into the canyon to see some cliff dwellings. It was like 300 steps down and around a thousand back up. It was hot and a little higher altitude than we are used to. Kayley did just fine, but the rest of us needed a break at the top.




Both Birthday girls. We went to Chuck E. Cheese and had a blast. We had pizza and played many games. Kayley got a cake and and a song, but then Steph got her own cake and a song as well. It was a special time.



Kayley was very glad to see her Gramma, Gramma was very glad to see Kayley.


Kayley helped PaPa pull his heavy suit case. Pretty soon she said it was too heavy and handed it back. We had a lot of fun, but were really glad to be out of the heat.